The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1942, Page 3

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1942 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN NEW YORK — The South Africa fall 'ONE’S BLIND TO MUSIC, ONE'S DEAF;) “°="*" === ‘TEAM TO WRITE SONGS THAT CLICK =". << Both are New York born. Both MRS. MURDOCK Exar TAKES A CASE [kts j By RAY PEACOCK AP Features Writer Chapter Seven Gloomy Garden ‘L AY the money on the line,” - Clarke was saying. “and it’s yours. You’ve got until tomorrow morning.” The answering voice was low and ise..“Very well. I'll get in to "with you.” eWith that the stranger turned And started for the gateway. Per- ty. Clarke ‘Watched him and’ if eJoyce had..not at. that. moment shifted her glance she would neyer have‘known that there was still another witness to that meet- ing on the “lawn. She bad already lost the stranger in the shadows and had glanced along the terrace. Between her and the corner. light from four windows made a bright. clear- cut platform: beyond. the corner of the house was ali but hidden darkness. Yet it was here that some fleeting movement caught her eye. the movement of some shapeless blotch that stood out blacker than the shadow of the house. An instant later it was gone but the impression that someone had been there was dis- tinct and unshakable. She looked away just as Perry Clarke turned and started for the house. He passed twenty feet away from her. whistling softly. He cut through the swatch of light and disappeared ara igsorpes of the house. Presently Joyce tdl= “What have you done to her?” Joyce asked. “What have I done?” Ward said. “Well. somebodv’s done some- thing. that’s obvious. isn’t it?” She hesita’ 4 and he continued to stare out the window “You're both being ovretty silly about something—Why?®15xs He turned quiekty startling her with the savageness:of his words “What is it with vou women? Must vou know everything? Is there some law that gives vou the hui demand an explanation ‘or— “Don’t be an, wi i Ware. gry with her,’ “I'm not angry.” he said. fol- lowing as she started from the room. “I’m just—all chewed up inside.” _ The piano playing had trowr in volume. and as Joyce started across the drawing room she saw the reason. Delia Stewart was seated on the bench beside Perrv Clarke. They were plaving a four- handed duet. and an appreciative audience had gathered around them. A familiar voice made her look up. “Why so grim?” Kent Murdock said. one brow cocked. “I feel grim.” Joyce said. eae did sort of desert you. didn’t »It’s not that.” Joyce said. “Al- though now that I think of it you lowed him and when she reached|¢fttainly did.” the sun-room he:/was: seated. at, the piano lightly running his fin- gers up and down the keys, She saw as she went inté=the drawing room that there waSistill no sign of Ward or Delia and she made a show of stopping a mo- ment to talk to some people be- fore she continued on to the hall. The maid remained politely un- concerned as she crossed to a smaller sitting room opposite. Dimly-lighted and furnished with a comfortable informality. it was empty at the moment. but there was a door connecting with some room to the rear and as Jovce approached she saw the door was ajar. She had nearly Teached it when it opened. There was an impulsive quick- ness to Delia Stewart’s entrance that stopped Joyce short and when the girl saw her. she too. stopped. Joyce saw that she had been cry- ing. There were no tears now. but her eyes were red-rimmed and in one clenched hand there was a handkerchief. wadded and damp. ,. “Delia.” Joyce. her heart turn- ing over at the white. strained look on the girl’s face. “What is it, darling? What’s wrong?” ‘It’s Nothing’ "O# JOYCE.” For just an in- stant the girl’s voice broke and she took a half step as though to seek comfort in Joyce Mur- dock’s arms: and then she checked herself. Her chin came up and stopped its quivering. Her voice got small and tight. “It’s nothing. Really. I’ve just been feeling sorrv for myself. I guess.” With that her face twisted in what was supposed to be a smile and she stepped past. By the time she reached the hall her head was up and her shoulders were back. Joyce glanced at the half open door. moved up to it. The room beyond was gloomy and book- lined. Over by the windows, out- side the range of the table lamp, stood Ward Allen. his back turned. his hands thrust hard in his jacket pockets He did not look round until Joyce was at his shoulder. “Oh, hello.” he said shertly TIN PAN SUCCESS STORY By ROBBIN COQNS 22. —-Tt is a hard and fast rule, but it does look as if the first-step-in-becoming.a prolif. | ic song writer is to skip the music lessons. That feliow Irving Berlin knew 80 little about music he was strict- | ly an one-finger composer, and see what a handicap that was. Berlin's “Holiday Inn,, holds the present record for number of original songs in one picture. He turned out 11 tunes, severalwowowdoo now in the hit or near-hit class, If he'd had a few music lessons, now, who knows how far he'd have gone? “Holiday Inn’s” profusion of tunes is about to be topped. “Thank Your Lucky Stars” will have 17 originals—all by one man named Arthur Schwartz. * Sehwaytz, like Berlin, escaped seny;‘fofmal = musical training. ewhat he. has, he picked up , ‘by Sear.” That's because his father. a =Brooklyn--lawyer, had an- older =5on trained in music and thought bat popehy for one family. But SArt) > Iparhed, he esh't re- =member™ just how, and at 14 he made his musical debut at Cor- telyou’s movie emporium, Brook- lyn. He remembers playing the William Tell overture while Tom Mix raced across the badlands intercepting bandits. A fellow like Schwartz is al- ways a disappointment to folks who expect Tin Pan Alley’s boys to be showy, color-splashed gen- tlemen who wear berets and race- track checks, Schwartz is cordial, frank, amiable and looks like a leah and successful young New York lawyer, which is what he |TWO WOMEN GET She brought her eyes back tc Perry Clarke and Kent followee her glance. “Oh.” he said presently. “Him.” “Tonly wish we could do some- thing about it.” she said. Late Visitor [zt WAS exactly 11:30 when the buzzer sounded. Joyce Mur- dock noticed this at once »ecause the sudden noise surprised her and she looked immediatelv a* the clock. She had just slinved or her nightgown and for a secone or two she stood there. wonder- ing who it could be. When the sound came again. sharp and in- sistent. she reached for her dress- ing gown and belted it about her She had known at once that it could not be Kent. because he never forgot his key. and bv the time she reached the entrvwav there was just enough doubt ir her mind to make her hesitate Just then the buzzer went off for the third time and with her han¢ on the knob she called: | ¢ 0 is it?” “Delia.” ~ t The instant Joyce saw her she knew that something had hap pened. This was a new and dif- ferent Delia She was still wearing t} she had worn to the Seats party. but over it she had out or a camel’s hair coat and a plain brown felt hat. Below the brim, her color was high and her eves were wide.and bright. “Well.” Joyce said, “Delia.” “Oh. Joyce.” The girl put het arms around her and hugged hard. “I've just done the most awful thing. And now I don’t know what will happen. I might even be arrested. So I just had to come...” Joyce screwed up her eyes and held the girl off. feeling the ex- citement herself now and groping for something to say. Delia didn’t wait. She tore off her hat and coat and flopped on the divan. She folded her arms and hugged her breasts and sat looking at Joyce as though she could not utter another word. To be continued COURT HEARING | Ruby Barber and Helen Brady | were arraigned yesterday after- noon" before Justice of the Peace Esguinaldo, and ‘each inal court. Justice Esquinaldo said the testimony showed that the wom- {Constable Ray Atwell, had -drift- jed into Key West from Miami five days ago, and that, since their arrival, they had not made jany attempt to get work. | SECOND LARGEST | WASHINGTON — San _ Fran- cisco is the second largest port of | entry in the United States. would have been if tunes hadn't | kept ringing in his head. For this career he went to New | York university, with three years of law at Columbia. He won a Phi Bet Kappa key (which isn’t ex- actly common: in Tin Pan Alley) | Wes Held in $50 bail for the crim- | en, who had béen arrested by | flags signif; ers are investing 10 percent of gros: Actually they have exceeded these ‘ Bch Rh nai ae Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau congratulates Edward F, Bartelt, who heads the Payroll Savings campaign among Treasury employees, and presents him with one of the Treasury’s Minute Man “T* ying that at least 90 percent of the Department’s 65,000 work- S payroll or better in War Savings. ”* flag requirements for the past 3 months and 93,3 percent are now saving 10.6 percent in War Bonds. TREASURY HAS WASHINGTON, D. C.—In rec- ognition of the Payro]l Savings record of Treasury Department employees, more than 99 percent of whom have been saving better than 10 percent of gross payroll in War Bonds for the past 3 months, Secretary Morgenthau has awarded the Department one of its own Minute Man “‘T”’ flags. They are now investing 10.6 per- cent, with 93.3 percent of the De- partment’s 65,000 employees par- ticipating in the plan. Recognition was accorded by Secretary Mor- gentbaw through Edward FP. Bar- telt, the Department’s Commis- sioner of Aecounts, who received the flag on behalf of those whose payroll): allotments established the right of the Treasury to fly it. Mr. Bartelt)is in charge of the Payroll Savings drive within the «Department. heustry payroll allotments are now being invested in War Bonds = the 4 :<:0f tanebly 15, milion collars a year. out of an annual (BIG PINE KEY NOTES. __By W. 1, STEVENS Craig is ‘captain aboard al Coast Guard ‘patrol boat but he! is still interested in No Name Key Tourist Camp. | Mrs. Shanahan is raising baby | chicks and has many of them.} She says her baby chicks are subject to catch cold the same as humans. Her docks have decay- ed and caved in, Mr. Ziegler, the owner of Big Pine Inn, caters to the working class of people. He says the Inn is the very place to plana fish- ing trip. H Stephens and Vanatten haye! It will surpass her expectation and be all she will later de- sire in fine quality! | and bégan to practice law. Even then, he wreteja song, in thezStea then. “he ite W song. It has positively--the—ewerst—title-in the world: “Baltimore, M-d., You're the O: rf ¥ Som ter Ren he cantributéd” songs ‘Grand Street Follies,” none of them hits, he veered away from the law and soon made tunes his business. Writing 17 tunes for one movie wasn't an unusual chore for him. He has done 10 Broadway shows, with 15 to 22. songs each, and seven shows in London. His favorite Schwartz tune is } “I See Your Face Before Me” but |his best seller is “Dancing in the Dark.” But he admits he doesn't | know a hit tune when he hears jone, and is incapable of judging his own work, CLLLLALALAAAAALMO LALA Abd RIGHT TO FLY OWN “T” FLAG payroll of 139 million dollars. The number of Treasury employees is currently reported at close to 65,- 000, including those in the field as well as in Washington. Approxi- mately 60,500 of them are regular- ly allotting a portion of i chetks to War Savings. Leading all 22Treasury Bureaus in the proportion of gross pay al- lotted to Payroll Savings is the Processing Tax Board of Review with 13 percent and with every worker participating. The Divi- sion of Tax Research is second, with 92.7 percent of its employees investing 12.6 percent of gross pay in War Bonus, andthe War Savings Staff \is third with 966 percent, ‘saving’ 12.1 percent of every pay check in War Savings. The offices of the Controller of the Currency ‘and the ’General Counsel ‘and the Division of Rey, earch and Statistics are,all buys i Var P th more than 1F percent of gross pay. ‘ been quite busy since they land- ed on Big-Pine-KeyyHived a fine Barden ¢ompletély “afound~ the placé and ‘has a mighty fine —.|garden started of cabbages, pep- pers, coHards and tomatoe¢s. Mr. Ford and his family will return from Marathon to their place at Torch Key soon.* Mr. Pain is kept busy with a negro building Willie Gibson’s boat landing. They have hauled many of stone and gravel to fill it i Mr. Pain has finish-j ed the concrete work on _ his well. Mary and Peter have planted from the seed bed quite a garden. Peter will go crawfishing soon as he has painted the bottom of his boat, III III IIA III IIA IAD IA SAI AAS ASSASSIN SIA IASI SISA SISAISASIAISISASISISISSISASISSISISSSISSISSIASS NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Lester Lee can’t read music. Jerry Seel- jen is stone deaf. Yet they are | the highest paid writers of speci- |alty songs on Tin Pan Alley. | _ Chances are you never heard of ;them. Chances are equally good you have heard their songs many times. They’re one of the reasons why Joe E. Lewis can command ' $2,500 a week. They are the au- | thors of “Poor Little February” and “The H. V. Kaltenborn | Blues” and “Humdrum She and Monotonous Me..” | Until recently, Lester Lee and Jerry Seelen were the great un- | knowns, writing specialty songs, {doctoring musical comedies—av eraging about $750 a week be- tween them. Now they are adding fame io ‘cash. They had a hand with words and music of “Star and Garter.” They got on the Hit Parade with | their ballad, “How Do I Know It's j Real?” They turned out “The Pennsylvania Polka.” They are writing sketches and songs for the | upcoming Ziegfeld Follies: Holly- | wood is waving bundles of fold- ing money at them. Business, in | brief, is swell. ; ‘Then how come the contradic- {tions? Simple. Although Lee }can’t read music, he plays the pi- no brilliantly by ear. He can | listen to a musical comedy, .go ‘home and play the entire score. | And although Seelen is a John- | ny-on-note, he has a remarkable | se of rhythm and song con- |struction. Their combined tal- j ents make them the perfect team. {Some guy named Joe writes down | the musical score. F, CROSS and CHAIN 10K SOLID GOLD "2 514 Southard Street Buy Your Christmas Gifts Open Evenings for Your Convenience JEWELRY DEPARTMENT PEOPLE'S CREDIT STORE “The Friendliest Credit Store in South Florida” OPPOSITE THE BUS STATION PHONE 25 Key West, Fla. since their early teens. Neither | finished high school. Lester is 38, five feet seven, | with thinnish dark hair, brown-| green eyes and sturdy build. One of his first jobs was with a tea broker. He was in charge of pouring hot water for the buyers. 'He ran a five-piece dance band. | He was accompanist for vaude- ville teams. When vaudeville waned he turned to radio. 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